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The Wii U Speculation Thread VI: The Undiscovered Country

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Oddduck said:
Saw this in Geoff thread.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=475561&page=6

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If world premiere is June 8th for anything Unreal 4 related (3 days after Wii U's conference), then I guess it's safe to assume that Unreal Engine 4 won't support Wii U.
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Even if that is the case, which it may very well be, I think it was pretty obvious that the engine itself would not be premiered anyone's conference, let alone Nintendo's. At best it will simply be an announcement made on stage or after the conference. Epic only uses the PC for showing off their engine.
 
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AniHawk

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HylianTom said:
Same here. For example, I never got the hate the Skyward Sword's swimming controls received. People struggled with it, but I didn't find it difficult at all.
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it was the sudden switch in how you swim from when you go from the surface to underwater that messed me up. there had to have been a more consistent way of doing things.
 
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all jokes aside, the sm64 swimming isn't that bad, especially being one of the first (the first?) games with 3d style swimming.
 
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TheGreatMightyPoo

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HylianTom said:
Same here. For example, I never got the hate the Skyward Sword's swimming controls received. People struggled with it, but I didn't find it difficult at all.
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I liked the swimming in that game.

I was waitng for the gamebreaker due to previous bad hype of that part and unsurprisingly, not only were the controls decent but they were good for that portion of the game.
 
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Oddduck said:
Endless Ocean needs to be a horror game under the sea. Fight off scary sea monsters/creatures and stuff.
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Endless Ocean just needs to be, in HD, for me.

EDIT: Wait, Skyward Sword's swimming controls are bad? They took a few minutes to get used but I thought they were great. Much better at least than Revelaitons swimming controls.
 
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Kokonoe

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Maybe I should finally start working on Skyward Sword since I have the bluetooth adapter to use my golden Wiimote on the PC.

I'm too accustomed to 1080p or higher that I really don't like playing in 480p anymore.
 
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Gahiggidy

My aunt & uncle run a Mom & Pop store, "The Gamecube Hut", and sold 80k WiiU within minutes of opening.
What are some famous people in games that could plausibly make an appearance at Nintendo's press conference?
 
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Gahiggidy said:
What are some famous people in games that could make an appearance at Nintendo's press conference?
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Hope they dont do a MS and have sport stars and tv stars no one out side USA knows, its not really something they do not in pass anyway, its always be vids as fare as I recall
 
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Gahiggidy said:
What are some famous people in games that could plausibly make an appearance at Nintendo's press conference?
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I don't think Nintendo would do it but I'd like to see Eggebrecht there. Factor 5 always seemed to enjoy getting the most out of Nintendo's consoles, in part thanks to their close relationship, but I'd love to know the Wii U was going to be taxed. If only for Pilotwings U.
 
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AniHawk said:
it was the sudden switch in how you swim from when you go from the surface to underwater that messed me up. there had to have been a more consistent way of doing things.
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This was my predominant issue with them.

There was a disconnect between above and below water. Above=nunchuk, below=Wiimote. Switching hands abruptly, and I'm still not sure why. Necessitated because you could use the clawshot?

Still, an awkward implementation. I actually thought both controlled well, but there was always a weirdness to it because of the switch.
 
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Did ideaman stop posting in this thread? i was away for a couple of days thinking I would have maybe thirty pages to read but only 10 pages? seriously though, there has been a change in the types of posts the last two days. Hopefully some have not stopped posting because they think it will not get enough attention or anything like that.

What would be the best price to power ratio for WiiU to ensure maximum sales and keep third parties happy? lets take that the machine will come with one full price game and a free download in NiN one tablet and one wii remote and nunchuck and a 160GB-320GB hdd or whatever is the cheapest available at wholesale for nintendo at the time.

$249 @ 1.5x - 2x the gpu power of xbox 360
$299 @ 3x - 4x
$349 @ 4.5x - 6x

each sku will make nintendo about $7 in profit for each sale. which will be the best possible choice for nintendo? Remember we have to think in regards to third parties and easy ports of durango on ps4 when making your decision. also if you think nintendo should do a full generation leap from xbox 360 at $399 give your reasons even though it is what i believe to be an unsuccessful launch price.
 
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TheGreatMightyPoo

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I Stalk Alone said:
Did ideaman stop posting in this thread? i was away for a couple of days thinking I would have maybe thirty pages to read but only 10 pages? seriously though, there has been a change in the types of posts the last two days. Hopefully some have not stopped posting because they think it will not get enough attention or anything like that.

What would be the best price to power ratio for WiiU to ensure maximum sales and keep third parties happy? lets take that the machine will come with one full price game and a free download in NiN one tablet and one wii remote and nunchuck and a 160GB-320GB hdd or whatever is the cheapest available at wholesale for nintendo at the time.

$249 @ 1.5x - 2x the gpu power of xbox 360
$299 @ 3x - 4x
$349 @ 4.5x - 6x

each sku will make nintendo about $7 in profit for each sale. which will be the best possible choice for nintendo? Remember we have to think in regards to third parties and easy ports of durango on ps4 when making your decision. also if you think nintendo should do a full generation leap from xbox 360 at $399 give your reasons even though it is what i believe to be an unsuccessful launch price.
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No matter the price, Nintendo is going to take a loss for Miyamoto's brain exhaustion.
 
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Gahiggidy

My aunt & uncle run a Mom & Pop store, "The Gamecube Hut", and sold 80k WiiU within minutes of opening.
Oh, man. I was watching the 2006 Press Conf. for the Wii debut, and at one point Reggie makes a point to show how it will not just have old franchises but new ones to "expand our portfolio". His examples?

1. Excite Truck
2. Project H.A.M.M.E.R.
3. Disaster: Day of Crises

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Oddduck

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Gahiggidy said:
Oh, man. I was watching the 2006 Press Conf. for the Wii debut, and at one point Reggie makes a point to show how it will not just have old franchises but new ones to "expand our portfolio". His examples?

1. Excite Truck
2. Project H.A.M.M.E.R.
3. Disaster: Day of Crises

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What's sad is it felt like deju vu of GameCube's E3 2001 debut.

They showed off new franchises such as:

Kameo: Elements of Power
Raven Blade
Eternal Darkness.

Only Eternal Darkness ended up on GameCube. Raven Blade got cancelled. Kameo went on 360.


AzaK said:
How in god's green earth did you draw that conclusion from that? Seriously, my mind is blown.
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The timing bugs me. Doing the world premiere on the last day of E3 basically screams to me "Okay we'll avoid the Wii U hype for a couple of days so our Unreal 4 engine trailers/news doesn't get overshadowed...and then we'll do a world premiere trailer."
 
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Conor 419

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Gahiggidy said:
Oh, man. I was watching the 2006 Press Conf. for the Wii debut, and at one point Reggie makes a point to show how it will not just have old franchises but new ones to "expand our portfolio". His examples?

1. Excite Truck
2. Project H.A.M.M.E.R.
3. Disaster: Day of Crises

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I saw that very recently, made me kinda sad. We did get Disaster though, at least. Monolith did go on to make Xenoblade, too!

It'd be cool if they pulled something off like this again in their new conference.
 
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So can we safely assume that the new NFS :Most Wanted will be available on WiiU at launch ?? that and Sega all stars 2 will cover the Racing genre nicely :) ,,
 
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Oddduck

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nintendors said:
So can we safely assume that the new NFS :Most Wanted will be available on WiiU at launch ?? that and Sega all stars 2 will cover the Racing genre nicely :) ,,
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And if I remember correctly, Wii U is also getting Project Cars and Dirt.

So yeah, the racing genre looks to be pretty stacked for Wii U.
 
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Black-Wind

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Gahiggidy said:
Oh, man. I was watching the 2006 Press Conf. for the Wii debut, and at one point Reggie makes a point to show how it will not just have old franchises but new ones to "expand our portfolio". His examples?

1. Excite Truck
2. Project H.A.M.M.E.R.
3. Disaster: Day of Crises

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Yup, that's part of what we lost when Nintendo decided to go the expanded demo route ... they canned their new core stuff in favor of that :/

AzaK said:
How in god's green earth did you draw that conclusion from that? Seriously, my mind is blown.
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Exactly,it's like everyone's sooo hyped up on hype juice that they can't help but scrabble to make w/e connections they can.

WOW, epic would like to show off their new engine themselves ... what does this MEAN!?!?
 
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Kokonoe

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It's definitely in SEGA's best interest to have their Kart Racer out before Mario Kart on the Wii U. It'll be the only Kart Racer on the market giving it a considerable advantage and opportunity.

Nintendo should let them use Kirby this time.
 
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Why would you do that?

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Maybe Kensuke Tanabe will be there?

(Producer of Nintendo's Western games, including Retro's. He could do a stage demo...)

As for 3rd party, it's almost guaranteed someone from Ubisoft will be there. Maybe Michel Ancel (game developer) or Yves Guillemot (Ubisoft President)?
 
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Gahiggidy

My aunt & uncle run a Mom & Pop store, "The Gamecube Hut", and sold 80k WiiU within minutes of opening.
Why would you do that? said:
Maybe Kensuke Tanabe will be there?

(Producer of Nintendo's Western games, including Retro's. He could do a stage demo...)

As for 3rd party, it's almost guaranteed someone from Ubisoft will be there. Maybe Michel Ancel (game developer) or Yves Guillemot (Ubisoft President)?
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Alright, I added Michel Ancel to the CheckBoxBingo list.

How about technologies and features that are rumored? Such as USB 3.0 and support for multiple controllers. Also, stuff related to marketing like the Digital Downloads.

I need ideas.



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Added Peter Moore for EA. John Riccitiello was there last year.
 
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